In the 19 th century, nullification was the idea that states could void the actions of the federal government if they deemed them unconstitutional. Its proponents, chief among them John C. Calhoun, ...

Wait: let me get this straight. It’s legally binding for two underlings in the civil rights divisions of the Departments of Education and Justice to send out a “Dear Colleague” letter declaring that, ...

When historians look back at “the coronavirus crisis of 2020,” they’re likely to focus on the spread of the disease, the economic dislocation it caused and how the federal government responded to it.

Nullification is obviously a loaded term. Historical context here: think John C. Calhoun, South Carolina, and struggles over federal/state rights in the years before the Civil War. But it is an ...

In 1832, blaming its struggling economy on supposedly high tariffs, South Carolina declared that the existing federal import levies would no longer apply to foreign goods landed in the state, ...

User-Created Clip by tgrane September 18, 2017 2017-05-14T20:15:45-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/c4e/1505912061.jpgProfessor Mark Cheathem talked about ...

In this June 11, 1963 file photo, Gov. George Wallace blocks the entrance to the University of Alabama as he turned back a federal officer attempting to enroll two black students at the university ...

The question of who created whom — Did the states create the nation or did the nation create the states? — has led to many a political donnybrook and one Civil War, because, depending on the answer, ...